Eagle Tattoo Designs

People looking for a tattoo which expresses their patriotism, and pride in their country, often go for eagle tattoo designs. Though the eagle design is also popular for people who want to express strength, majesty, bravery, speed and power.

Eagle tattoo designs are very versatile and can represent many different things. Eagles also make powerful images of independence and uniqueness. The eagle is a very beautiful bird, king among all birds, and makes a very cool image whatever specific characteristic the wearer is trying to express.

When you choose an eagle tattoo design, you must make the choice between a flying eagle, or one that's perched on something.

The difference can be a big change in the meaning expressed, though they tend to be equally popular with people as both sitting and flying eagle tattoo designs make very attractive images.

Soaring, Hunting or Perched

There are 3 popular positions for eagle tattoo designs - perched, soaring with wings spread, or flying downwards with sharp claws outstretched ready to grab its prey. The two flying images are often more dramatic, but perched eagles with wings folded often allow more detail in the design, and expression in the eagle's face.

If you're not sure of how you would like your eagle tattoo design to be depicted, it's best to browse as many eagel desins as you can find online, pick the ones that grab you the most, and then visit a good tattoo parlour to ask the opinion of the tattooist and browse their own in-house eagle designs.

Eagle tattoos can be any size, and are well suited to most body-parts. Although eagle tattoo designs often make such dramatic images that people prefer to feature them on prominent parts of their bodies. Perched eagles look great on the arms, and soaring eagels with wings spread make some of the most beautiful wide-tattoos strethced across the shoulder blades or the lower back.

The larger eagle tattoo designs can be very intricate in detail, with every feather illustrated. Of course, these tattoos are more expensive and you have to be willing to pay big bucks for a full-sized eagle with wings spread.

Smaller eagle tattoo designs - hunting or perched - often make really good tattoos but can cost a lot less. Any tattooist worh his salt will have done hundreds of eagle tattoos and be able to give you good advice on how it would best suit you, though people should not leave the design up to the tattooist alone, as they will often have a different image in mind to exactly what you want.